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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	SENATE BILL No. 53
3	3	By Committee on Judiciary
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5	5	AN ACT concerning county law libraries; relating to the board of trustees
6	6	thereof; providing that the attorney members of the board in certain
7	7	counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district;
8	8	allowing the board to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for
9	9	the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court
10	10	of the county; amending K.S.A. 20-3127 and repealing the existing
11	11	section.
12	12	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13	13	Section 1. K.S.A. 20-3127 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20-
14	14	3127. (a) Except as provided further, all fees collected pursuant to K.S.A.
15	15	20-3126, and amendments thereto, shall be used to establish and maintain
16	16	the county law library. A board of trustees, appointed as provided in this
17	17	section, shall have the management and control of such library and shall
18	18	use the fees paid for registration, and all other sums, books, or library
19	19	materials or equipment donated or provided by law, for the purpose of
20	20	establishing and maintaining such library. Such library shall be
21	21	established or maintained in the county courthouse or other suitable place
22	22	to be provided and maintained by the county commissioners of such
23	23	county, including acquiring and maintaining materials and technology that
24	24	may, at the discretion of the board of trustees, be loaned to library users for
25	25	use outside the premises of the library. The district judge or district judges
26	26	of the district court, members of the bar who have registered and paid the
27	27	fee provided for in K.S.A. 20-3126, and amendments thereto, judges of all
28	28	other courts in the county and county officials shall have the right to use
29	29	the library in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the
30	30	board of trustees. The board of trustees shall develop guidelines to provide
31	31	members of the public reasonable access to the law library.
32	32	(b) (1) The board of trustees of any law library established or
33	33	governed under this act in Johnson, Sedgwick and Douglas counties shall
34	34	consist of the following five members:
35	35	(A) Two judges of the district court, appointed by a consensus of all
36	36	judges of the district court in such county; and
37	37	(B) three members of such county's bar association, appointed by
38	38	selection of the county bar association pursuant to the county bar
39	39	association's bylaws for two-year terms.
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76	76	(2) The board of trustees of the law library in all other counties shall
77	77	consist of the district judge or judges of the district court presiding in such
78	78	county and not less fewer than two attorneys who shall be elected for two-
79	79	year terms by a majority of the attorneys residing in the county reside in
80	80	such county, appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district.
81	81	(c) The clerk of the district court of the county shall be treasurer of
82	82	the library and shall safely keep the funds of such library and disburse
83	83	them as the trustees shall direct. The clerk shall be liable on an official
84	84	bond for any failure, refusal or neglect in performing such duties.
85	85	(d) The board of county commissioners of any county designated an
86	86	urban area pursuant to K.S.A. 19-2654, and amendments thereto, wherein
87	87	in which an election has been held to come under the provisions of this act
88	88	is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
89	89	board of trustees of the law library of such county, a librarian, who and
90	90	library assistants as are necessary to perform the duties of administering
91	91	the law library. Such librarian shall act as custodian of the law library of
92	92	such county and shall assist in the performance of the clerk's duties as
93	93	treasurer thereof, and such assistants as are necessary to perform the duties
94	94	of administering the law of the library. The librarian and any assistants so
95	95	appointed shall be employees of the county under the supervision of the
96	96	board of county commissioners, or the board's designated official, with the
97	97	advice and recommendations of the board of trustees of the law library,
98	98	and shall be subject to the personnel policies and procedures established
99	99	by the board of county commissioners for all employees of the county. The
100	100	librarian and any assistants shall receive as compensation such salaries and
101	101	benefits as established by the law library board of trustees, subject to the
102	102	approval of the board of county commissioners, which. Such salaries and
103	103	benefits shall be payable from the general fund of the county, through the
104	104	county payroll process, from funds budgeted and made available by the
105	105	law library board of trustees for that purpose through the collection of fees
106	106	or other funds authorized by this act.
107	107	(e) All attorneys registered under this act shall not be liable to pay
108	108	any occupational tax or city license fees levied under the laws of this state
109	109	by any municipality.
110	110	(f) (1) Except as provided by subsection (f)(2), the board of trustees
111	111	of a county law library established pursuant to this section may authorize
112	112	the chief judge of the judicial district to use fees collected pursuant to
113	113	K.S.A. 20-3126 and 20-3129, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of
114	114	facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county. No
115	115	judge shall participate in any decision made by the board of trustees of a
116	116	county law library pursuant to this paragraph to authorize the chief judge
117	117	of the judicial district to use fees collected pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3126 and
118	118	20-3129, and amendments thereto.
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162	162	(2) The provisions of subsection (f)(1) shall not apply to the board of
163	163	trustees of any law library established in Johnson and Sedgwick counties.
164	164	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 20-3127 is hereby repealed.
165	165	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
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